Rich & Mark’s Monday Morning View
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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…
“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”
Focus group time. says:
The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.
Is it John Prescott?
I think it is. But wearing a head made by the same people who made Kryten’s.
If Fox isn’t forced out Fox will become the next Andy for Cameron. Cameron’s judgement will become a joke.
compared to Labours list of convicted criminals and thieving I think they still have a way to go !pmsl
Not that much difference when you take accounts of MPs as well as Lords. With this lot every thing is up for sale.
Is this the Best the State can muster, I thought Cameroon said the SLEAZE was all over. Remember this is what they have been caught doing, What else is going on. It shows you the State of British Fraudster Politico if this is the Best that the CONS OR LIBS CAN manage. Crikey you wouldn’t have to bend over in Whitehall or you would be definately rear ended. HOW MANY MORE RENT BOYS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK?
All this reaffirms is that politicians do not seem to care or at best, pay enough attention, to what may look dodgy on the front page of a newspaper. It also confirms Anonymous is an opportunistic Libore blog troll sitting at a keyboard not a million miles from either BellEndInnelli, Draper or McBride.
The LibDems have had Laws and Huhne and now the Tories have Fox.
It’s all a little dis-spiriting and disappointing
I’m saved! I discovered WMD in Libya!
Omar the rentboy’s massive weapon destroyed my arse!
In my day we would have called him a manservant.
Jeeves and Wooster.
We would have left it at that.
The only reason the Labour fraudsters numbered a lot more, is that they are thick as planks and dont really know how to carry out sophisticated arms length transaction Frauds. The labour leader ship. NOW THAT COULD BE A DIFFERENT THING.
Its Foxy Fox, the man who denies that Mr Wetbed had anything to gain from the association.
Anonymous, You mention Lords and MPs, fair enough. How many tory MPs from this or the previous parliament have been imprisoned?
How many labour? How many tory MPs are still being investigated? How many labour?
To my knowledge there was only one tory Lord convicted and no tories are currently under investigation. There have been several labour convictions, with several ongoing investigations into labour MPs.
On the sleaze front, the tories are nowhere near in the same league as labour as yet.
misterned, I think Rage Against the Political Elite makes a valid point in this respect.
A bit puzzled. Is it Amanda?
whoever it is has got Mervyn King’s chin and Gordon Brown’s eyebrows.
Maybe there’s a clue in the newspapers … nope … it’s clearly not Liam Gallagher … for all we know.
It must be Vincent van Gogh – he only has one ear.
I think having only one of something is akin to having an handkerchief hanging from whichever arse pocket North o’clock the Border.
lol
Brown and Salmonds love child, concieved on expenses and born out of wedlock.
Is that a fatter-than-usual Alex Salmond, or a greyer-than-usual Gordon Brown?
I thought Salmond when I saw it. A few too many deep fried Mars bars maybe?
Too much hair on top for Salmond.
He must resign.
He takes a personal friend on ministerial trips and allows him to develop personal business deals by using minnisterial contacts. Then it emerges that fox is also a shareholder in werrity’s company?
How can he possibly continue?
It’s allowed by the rules
We write the rules.
Everyone does it.
Not even Blair did it, otherwise Blair’s wife would have been in every single meeting.
No Blair just made his best mate Charlie Falconer a life peer, Solicitor General, Lord Chancellor etc etc. Not the same thing at all.
Blair’s friend wasn’t lining his pocket was he. If Fox had made his especial friend a especial adviser problems will be less as his especial friend cannot use his influence to sell arms or access. Things would have been monitored by MOD, this is why Fox didn’t do it.
Derry Irvine is often a forgotten beneficiary of the Blair years
Not to mention Mandelson
I did not have sex with that man.
Did he have with you?
Jeez, what is it with Tories and their ‘special’ male friends? If you weren’t sure by now that we’re being run by a cabal of benders with their own pro gay agenda then this latest farce should lift the scales from your eyes.
Well, Cameron is hardly secretive about his overt support for homosexuals. He made pro-homosexual policies a central part of his keynote conference speech, because he is a conservative (apparently).
Although I am still waiting for him to actually propose real conservative policies, apart from ‘free schools’, that is.
That’s the pot calling the kettle black! The last bloody government was crammed packed with benders – right from the very top down.
Well, at least he didn’t lick an ice cream during the riots. You can get six months for that.
Actually, it looks a bit like Guido.
A number of Tory politicians stated in public over the weekend he should be permitted to stay, not because the alleged misdemeanour were untrue or irrelevant but because he “carried the Thatcherite flame in Cabinet”. So that makes it all OK then.
More like they are all up to the same and if he has to go then so would they!
Mrs T’s partner wasn’t in the meeting and he wasn’t making money out of it. It will be nice to know Mrs T’s view on Fox’s family life.
Not saying much about ‘Sir’ Mark then ?
Sir Mark wasn’t in the meetings with his mum was he? Or his mother wasn’t stupid enough to take him to meetings. You can say clever crook and stupid crook.
Not much of a right-winger considering what he did to the armed forces!
He was bringing the reality of the labour incompetence back to the MOD. You cannot overspend by 30+ Billion pounds without consequence. Labour fucked the MOD. Fox arrived in office to deal with the consequences of that.
‘I’m free.’
I say Huhney Tunes with a double-chin
For sale : one cabinet post (slightly foxed).
For sale : one cabinet post (slightly soiled).
I’ll buy that!
Stop badgering the bloke
I’ll be buggered if I will.
Ok, I recon the generals are the ones burning him. Recon they figured he got too big for his boots when he got came back from spain. Seems some generals still protesting? Archbishop of cantebury take notice!!!
Would the Vice President of Coca Cola take his mate along to Tesco to discuss their business relationship/future business plans?
There are no get out of jails on this one.
More to this than meets the eye, the corrupt fucker.
This is not corruption. This is politics, where access to taxpayer’s funds by politicians is given to them by the mandate the public has given to them, by electing them. There is therefore nothing wrong with employing friends and relatives (I employed my wife, even though she did nothing), if you are an MP. It is this mandate to use taxpayer’s funds that has allowed me to do so much good work in Eastern Europe and buy my iPad. Boaz
well said Handycock. we can’t all be do-gooders. i managed to keep dazzling young politics graduate, and a brawny Lithuanian carpenter on the ‘payrole’ to keep me entertained in my day and nobody complained.
“”Would the Vice President of Coca Cola take his mate along to Tesco to discuss their business relationship/future business plans?”"
Only if he was shagging him
How very, very dare you.
It’s not all bad news…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15234228
Not bad news at all.
Although tbh I would rather have a headline containing the words
“Brown”, “amputate” & “head”
Giz a link, yer tight tit.
http://nymag.com/news/media/piers-morgan-2011-10/
Piers Morgan Isn’t Sleeping Well
My old Granny always said ‘If you’ve nowt to say, say nowt
Ay up – your old granny was as mad as a box of frogs.
Granny been sniffing too much mercury?
Why focus on Gordon brown today?
wHY nOT?
Most wedding related sex scandals , involve the best man fucking the bride !
LoL !
Or the groom fucking the bridesmaids…
Not usually the groom rogering the best man or vice versa.
Sky news are asking the question
“Did Mr Werritty enjoy improper access to Mr Fox”
Many a true word spoken in jest ?
If it’s in, you can’t see it. If it’s out, it’s not in.
Mornin cat how’s it hangin ?
I’d like to know if the taxpayers paid for Liam’s “Butt Buddy’s ” plane tickets and expenses ?
A quarter of an hour ago, it wasn’t …
Bin up them mines?
Justin or Tintin – call him what you like.
Surely not improper access by the back door ?
Who would ever have dreamt of that by a Thatcherite
He entered through the back door !
Fox was just ensuring his Bill had an easy passage.
What’s with these people, they get away with allsorts that of things that if we crapheads tried would be counted as illegal immoral or using undue influence for pecuniry gain, this sod has also got defence of the nation, it appears trying to make arms deals and pretending to be an advisor to a crown servant, what will happen sweet fa.
This government are crap. Time to get a new one.
From where?
Well put!!!!
It does seem strange that Reynard and Jules go back a long time, when Reynard was shadow health minister, Jules was there involved in health, now Reynard is minister of defence, Jules is there. Obviously I do not know Reynard but it would appear that he has questions to answer and staying silent or not answering questions will let people draw their own conclusions, rightly or wrongly, if Cammers makes the wrong call he will be taken down as well.
No swearing, not too many spelling mistakes (Ihope) so mod botty what’s up
Like one of mine not a one liner.
Must get new specs – read that as Thorpe.
I pay my best man on expenses
It is the fashion in Westminster nowadays
You are all homophobes
Of course we are, typical Liebour attack, call us one of the ists, phobs and anything that comes to mind but bury the real problem.
Scotland drops voting age to 4 years old in desperate attempt to encourage nationalism. What will they do when that fails?
Mind you, would be glad to see the back of them…
Not in our lifetime…….The Scots will NEVER vote for independence when it comes to it for the simple reason that a Scotsmen’s Wallet is dearer to him than independence itself for all the cod-Braveheart politics of Salmon and the SNP for the reason an Independent Scotland would lose the English “Milch Cow” that keeps them in the state subsidised luxury that they’ve grown accustomed to.
However a referendum for Scottish Independence held solely amongst English Voters would without doubt deliver a 90% YES vote for English independence from Scotland(and Wales)
“However a referendum for Scottish Independence held solely amongst English Voters would without doubt deliver a 90% YES vote for English independence from Scotland(and Wales)” and 99% if it included separation from Northern Ireland too.
It’s noticeable there’s no “Team UK” for the Olympics, only “Team GB”.
It’s noticeable there’s no “Team UK” for the Olympics, only “Team GB”.
So as they can include Mark Cavendish ( and his like ) from the Islands.
In New Liebour we worked under the ‘ three strikes and you’re an EU Commissioner’ rule. Liam should be safe for a while yet.
I used the ‘one punch and an extra-marital affair’ rule then went into the House of Lords.
Or b a n k r u p t the country and become Shadow Chancellor
dumb fat fucker Fox
I’m glad the Tories are taking to influence peddling like me and Mandy and all our old Cabinet cronies
It is very profitable, you know,
Especially using offshore limited partnerships
I can advise them on all the ins and outs…
I have turned influence peddling into an art form
For Fox’s sake, stop hunting.
Labour reveals new policy on Fox.
http://www.labourmatters.com/Editor/vote-labouror-the-fox-gets-it/
Even if this Fox character goes, either walking or being pushed, that still leaves dozens more of these corrupt politicians to walk the walk.
“New Labour” was appalling, having set the standard early on with the Formula One business, followed by Blunkett, Mandelson, Prescott and the rest, with the denouement being in the insufficently-punished expenses affair.
The present motley crew, having produced entirely false manifestos, jumped into the pig swill with enthusiasm from the outset. Their pals, and no doubt themselves when they resign or get pushed, are likely to do very nicely out of health, building, defence contracts, the “Olympics” and God knows what else.
Like it or not, we now live in a banana republic run by nothing much better than a bunch of criminals who, adding insult to injury, we subsidise out of our money.
Some banana republics could probably learn a bit from this crap.
+1 Sadly, most people seem to be quite happy being mushrooms.
When cartoonists have to plaster the name of the subject six times within the cartoon “in case people can’t ‘get’ the character we have drawn”, drawing crap caricatures for pints in the local pub cannot be far away…
I read that Cameron’s big idea of the day is to crack down on sham marriages. Does that include those of Fox, Hague, Brown, et al?
Fox should be toast fairly shortly.
But casual homophobia? Hilarious.
Nothing casual about it mate, all gays should cured by shoving a cattle prod up the arse.
We all know that more revelations are yet to come – many more – so if Dave had an atom of sense he’d get rid of Fox right now. We can’t afford to have people like Fox on our side.
If you think he was ever on your side you’re very much mistaken, ducky.
Let’s hope these “new procedures” that Fox will now implement put an end to this sort of thing.
New Procedures
17b/i: Follow all above procedures
17b/ii: If caught falling foul of 17b/i, create new procedure
Blinded by love
Greed actually. Guys like Fox only love themselves.
How sad for ordinary Tory voters like me to see the party brought so low by Fox’s despicable conduct. Hoped we’d left all that behind with New Labour.
What Tory party?
There was a man pretending that he was the Tory leader last week promising homosexual weddings, the end of the green belt and more taxation to build even more useless windmills.
Fox has made a number of conservative-like comments since the coalition has been in power, so I’m sure Cameron will be desperate to get rid of him. I suspect he’d ideally like to replace him with Caroline Lucas, (if only there was a way) but I guess he’ll probably have to settle for Charles Kennedy.
Breaking News
Several large tins of whitewash delivered to Number 10 Downing Street this morning.
It is a far far braver thing that a man lays down his career for his friend or some such crap !!
The more I read about this the less significant it seems. If the worst allegation is that Werrity enabled some people to have an informal discussion with Fox in Dubai then “so what”
Meanwhile the Eurozone is in crisis, economic growth is stagnant, the markets for our goods have disappeared and all Jim Murphy is concerned about is Liam Fox’s friend.
Nothing Changes.
Labour politicians get caught out with their hands in the till.
Liberal politicians get exposed as nasty pieces of shit.
Conservative politicians lead astray by sex.
Fox is a Neo-con, he should bugger off.
Just let it be known that you have a barren wife Liam. It worked for me.
The media did not make all this fuss when Manglebum took his fairy on all his trips. (Who paid for them).
Liam Fox has a lovely pair of buttocks,I should know guys !
Just send Foxey along to us
We whitewash anything
This is a toddle compared with the usual Oligarchs
and Banksters who have pillaged billions
But can this gentleman pay our exorbitant fees ?
You are right
Foxey acts entirely “within the rules”
If the government won’t do tis job uphold the rule of law any more by arresting the thieves and fraudsters in Westminster and out Town Halls it is time that citizens take the law back into their own hands and bring some private prosecutions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/oct/09/liam-fox-meeting-lobbyists-werritty-boulter
RESIGN FOX
Here is another former Tetra employee
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1281062/Shamed-Tory-MP-Julie-Kirkbride-lands-100-000-lobbying-job.html
All this lobbying has got completely out of hand
And is, I suppose, “within the rules”
But in fact, it is pure banana republic stuff
And a list of Tetra clients
http://www.tetra-strategy.co.uk/clients
chuck a hot dog at him!
+10
£75000 compensation paid to an IRA getaway driver shot by British soldiers, after they’d shot dead his terrorist pals at Coalisland.
Just another when British taxpayers thousands is pissed away without comment.
Liam Fox asked me what ‘Planking’ was the other day.
I explained, “It’s when people film themselves laying completely still, like a plank, in comical situations.”
He said, “That sounds like fun! I might try that!”
“Great,” I replied, “We can film you during one of our sex sessions.”
Is he an uphill gardener?.
They all are, most of them can’t get a decent woman to shag, only hookers and rough trade need apply.
A fudge nudger
A botty basher
Another prime example of why it is necessary to Nationalise the newspaper industry and bring it into line with our State broadcasting authority, then there would be an end to all this tittle-tattle, that just leaves internet blogs to sort out, Facebook and Twitter are OK though, they belong to the people.
You have to smile there they are, the apologists, the dear old Tory faithful, as always as far as they are concerned its perfectly ok for their men to fiddle the Taxpayer, misappropriate funds lie cheat and act badly, whats the problem?
And, when caught out they say Labour were just as bad as if that makes it ok.
Liam Fox is typical of an establishment circle that thinks the Taxpayer is fair game and they should shut up and think themselves lucky to pay up and shut up.
Fox is pretty much typical of most politicians, ineffective and on the make!
If Fox goes before Hunt then there is no justice!
Why don’t gays in Government come out….
Mandleson didn’t stay in the closet.
Mandleson was outed on Newsnight by Mathew Parris. But at least he did not go through a sham marriage unlike Fox, Hague, Brown, etc.
Yeah, I remember that, he got in a strop with Paxman too for allowing it to happen. Hilarious.
If they all came out I guess they would well outnumber the heterosexual males and females.
If those tablets you’re on are for OCD, they’re not working Billy.
Why are politicians obsessed with telling lies about their sexuality?
There’s more euphemisms for a bum chum in these headlines than in a fairy’s blog entry!
AH (C)
Gotcha!!
It would seem that Fox has really cocked it up with Werritty
It’s a real disgrace. Now I’m leader in waiting I’ll sort it all out. Ok? lovely! Ciaou!
“Where’s the rent, boy?”
Companion, Werritty, lives rent-free in Liam Fox’s
I feel liam’s pain.
Can’t Dave see that the public have long distrusted Whitewash O’Donnell, and don’t want a shadowy eminence grise to conduct the Fox enquiry. We want to know the truth.
Billy, whilst waiting for the next thread, I need your help.
I’m getting on and need to come out before my family find out at my funeral.
i’ve had councelling, talks with priests and even my wife. All to no avail.
How did you do it? Thatchell says announce it from the pulpit next Sunday morning…he dosen’t appear to understand I’m still rather shy about it.
Please help.
BTW I’m straight. Am I alone?
Probably the first time I’ve laughed at any of Rich & Mark’s “work”.
Billy, whilst waiting for the next thread, I need your help.
I’m getting on and need to come out before my family find out at my funeral.
i’ve had councelling, talks with priests and even my wife. All to no avail.
How did you do it? Thatchell says announce it from the pulpit next Sunday morning…he dosen’t seem to understand I’m still rather shy about it.
Please help.
BTW I’m straight. Am I alone?
Another one in denial, Ah! Moniker?
If you want to get on in showbusiness, politics or the church, then you’re fucked I’m afraid.
CHRIS BRYANT STABS FELLOW GAYER IN THE BACK SHOCK HORROR.
Politician claims he hasn’t got a clue about something? Surely some mistake?
Any words that come close to the word “complex” is not understandable to politicians.
Is it Jo Brand?
+25
She only has one handbag
Sounds like he is a closet Fabian to me
I’m confused, should it be the other way around?
Take it any way you like.
Your jokes just kill me
This is pathetic.
We do love our gays in the UK and on order_order.
When Fox did Health. His bestest mate and constant companion set up businesses doing health.
When Fox did war. His bestest mate and constant companion set up businesses doing war.
What more do you need to know?
I’m toast(ed marshmellow)
Thank the Lord I am not US Attorney General Holder who has recently lost 1400 “traceable” weapons in Mexico.
Thank the Lord I am not Obama who has now lost $450 million in a solar energy company scam.
$528 million actully.
This was the figure last week and still counting.
But let’s do something about what we can do something about and get rid of corrupt ministers on this side of the Atlantic.
“If you sack me I’ll make trouble for you from the backbenches”. A blackmailer would say that.
“If you don’t give me £million-billion contract for supplying arms I’ll broadcast details about your sex life”. A blackmailer would say that as well.
Ohh look over there. Yes, on the other side of the Atlantic.
There is no corruption in the current British government. La la la la.
You’re all idiots. Can’t you see it? Clearly this cartoon is implying that Liam Fox is a homosexual.